We’re gearing up to talk about co-parenting during the holidays. Please share your holiday-related questions, suggestions, and co-parenting stories here!
Tags: Except in cases where there is a history of family violence and child abuse, Australian law mandates “presumption” of “equal shared parental responsibility” between divorced parents. The results aren’t a panacea, according to this article, “Children Suffer When Law Splits Parenting Equally.”
According to my admittedly limited research, it …
A reader we’ll call Sharon wrote in with the following question:
After reading your website, I would love your opinion on this… My boyfriend has been divorced for almost 8 years. His children are 11 and 12. He lives 50 minutes away from them in the town where …
There are many surprises that we encounter when life throws the divorce curveball at us. Since my separation and divorce several years ago, I have had many. Enough, in fact, that it is difficult for me to choose a favorite! Was it the cousin that, upon seeing me and my …
Inspired by the example of the women who founded Bonus Families, here’s an interview I conducted with Sherry, the brand-spanking-new fiancée of Mike, my ex-husband and the co-founder of this site. We hope this glimpse into our lives will encourage others in similar situations. ~Deesha
Before you met …
Inspired by the good women at BonusFamilies, I will be interviewing the lovely woman who–it’s official, as of this weekend–will become my children’s stepmother. Stay tuned to this space!
Also, some of you told me privately that you want to share your stories as adult children of divorce. If …
I consider the column I wrote for four years at LiteraryMama my “official” entry into the world of freelance writing. Though I no longer write for the site, I still consider myself a LiteraryMama, and I keep up with the mama-writing the site features. LM has debuted a new monthly …
I found some most excellent co-parenting resources today, all under the umbrella of an organization called Bonus Families:
Bonus Families®, as an organization was founded in 1999, but the ground work was laid years before. The founders, Jann Blackstone-Ford, PsyD., a divorce and stepfamily mediator, and Sharyl Jupe, had weathered …
I recently found a co-parenting article by Michael Scott (a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a child custody mediator) over at Mediate.com. It is probably the most comprehensive and well-written piece that I’ve read on the subject to date. It’s a long, but worthwhile read, and …
Successful co-parenting after a divorce
WRITTEN BY AISHA SULTAN — PD HOME AND FAMILY EDITOR
After 13 years of marriage, Leslie Scheuler and Shannon Whitaker realized their relationship had ended. They separated for a few years and eventually divorced.
At the time of their separation, their son, Nicholas, was 4 years …
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